Why do we have to raise awareness?

How often do you fill out a form that asks for gender and offers an option other than male/female or man/woman? Not only are many trans folks and communities confronted with shocking levels of discrimination, they also face invisibility and misunderstanding by a predominantly cisgender society. Some trans people do identify within the gender binary, but many identify somewhere outside of the gender binary. There is a widespread cultural ignorance of trans and/or gender non-conforming identities and experiences.

The information provided on the Trans Discrimination Page points to the extent of this discrimination and its disproportionate impact on trans people of color, which draws attention to both systemic racism and transphobia that permeate our culture.